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What makes good crew for a boat? There are a lot of answers out there. For us it has always been important that the person is excited to be aboard and gets along with everyone. After that there is a certain amount of luck. Will our personalities mesh or wi...

It's a stormy day in the marina in Iceland and we're dodging waves that are blasting over the breakwater. In between setting up extra storm lines it seems like it's the perfect day for some laundry which leads us to a very cool place. Anyone care for a bee...

It was a rough sail to Iceland. Paragon has taken some damage and the crew is spent, but now is not the time to rest. We're closer to our end destination in Ireland and there is much to do. Time to get to work! Actually, maybe it's just time for a celebrat...

Sailing the North Atlantic can be tricky in the best of times, and these are not the best of times. It's a challenging sail with rolly conditions and strong winds, but a rogue waves causes damage that leaves the crew rationing. Will our equipment make it t...

We are sailing in the land of giants. The crew of Paragon thought we had seen proper icebergs on the western side of Greenland, but we had seen nothing. The east coast towers with massive icebergs 15 stories tall (or more!) that are essentially floating mo...

The steering is fixed, the boat is secured, and we have an...acceptable weather window. Kind of. But our time has run out as the frequency of storms increases and the tiny, unprotected harbour fills with icebergs. We can't stay any longer, so we leave. We ...

With a report calling for 50+ knots of wind off the southern coast of Greenland, we stayed put in the semi-protected harbour of the weather station. After all, we needed to have access to internet and weather reports. But then came the icebergs. Should we ...

Docking a sailboat can be challenging, but there are all sorts of things one can do to make it less stressful...and then there's what we did. (Hint: there's a lot of yelling...yuck!) If you enjoyed this video, then give it a thumbs up, make a comment, sha...

What do you do when the worst happens on a boat at sea? Are you prepared or do you panic? The crew aboard Paragon is tested when she loses her steerage in the middle of an iceberg field sailing off the coast of Greenland. If you enjoyed this video, then g...

We've checked and downloaded the latest weather report, said our goodbyes to the men at the weather station, and given the dogs one last belly rub. The time has finally come to push off from Greenland and sail to Ireland. The weather isn't ideal, but at th...

A beautiful fjord, a calving glacier, and a difficult decision that could affect our entire trip! If you enjoyed this video, then give it a thumbs up, make a comment, share it, or support this documentary on Patreon or via Paypal with the links below. P...

Go Small. Go Simple. Go Now. Bigger is not always better, especially when it comes to a sailboat. While rafted up to a Swedish boat, Relax, in Nanortalik we meet some sailors from Catalonia and Spain aboard a boat that partly inspired Drake's cruising drea...